Ash pan



March 18, 1924. www@ 4 G. O. POPE ASH PAN Filed Dec. 1 1922 Patented Mar. I3, 1924.

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GUSTAVE O. POPE, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

ASH PAN.

Application led December 1, 1922. Serial No. 604,307.

`*which the following is a specification.`

My invention relates to improvements in ash-pans for stoves or ranges, and more particularly to that class or type which are adapted to be inserted in and removed from the ash pit portions of stoves or ranges to receive the ashes and other refuse products of combustion from the superpcsed lire box or combustion chamber and through the grating thereof.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a generally improved sanitary ashpan or receptacle for such ash pits or boxes which when inserted will provide upwardly iaring or outwardly diverging ash receiving delectors between the upper edges of the ash pan and the adjacent side walls of the ash pit so as to properly and positively direct the ashes and the like into the receptacle or pan, said deilectors being in the form of hinged members which will be moved inwardly to cover the top of the pan when the end handle of the ash pan is pulled outwardly in the act ofremoving the ash-pan from the door opening of the ash pit or box.

A still further and very important object is the provision of an improved end gate or door hingedly connected at one end of the pan or receptacle independently of the hingedly connected ash receiving deflectors and covers together with improved locking and latching mechanism adapted, in one position to positively close and hold the end gate or door in its closed position, and in another position of the latching mechanism to positively release and move the door to an open position, said locking and latching mechanism being operable from one end of theasli pan or receptacle and in suitable proximity tothe handle portion thereof.

l/Vith the above mentioned and other ends in view, the invention consists in the novel construction, arrangement and combination of parts, hereinafter described, illustrated in one of its embodiments inthe accompanying drawings and particularly pointed yout in the appended claims.

Referring to the drawings, forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a fragmentary perspective view of-the lire box and ash pit portion of an ordinary stove equipped with an ash pan constructed in accordance with this invention, the hinged covers being opened against the walls of the ash pit forming ash receiving defleotors.

Fig. 2, an enlarged top plan view of the .same with the hinged covers closedpreparatory to withdrawal in the act of carrying out and depositing the ashes therefrom through one end thereof.

Fig. 3, a longitudinal sectional view, taken on line 3 3 of Fig. 2, the covers being open as when inserted in the ash pit.

Fig. 4, a fragmentary perspective view of the ash discharging or delivery end of the improved ash pan and illustrating in particular the improved end gate or door and the latching and operating mechanism therefor.

Fig. 5, a detailed fragmentary perspective view of the cross head and cover actuating link connections of the improved operating plunger.

Similar numerals of reference designate like parts throughout all the ligures of the drawings.

It should be understood that the ash-pan or -receptacle may be of any convenient form or size adapted to `tit the particular ash pit or box of the stove or range within which it is to be used.

In the present instance, I have shown my improved ash-pan in connection with the ordinary elongated or transversely extending ash pit la, of an ordinary cooking stove 1, having the ordinary superposed grating l",

and a fire box 1c. By reason of the form `of such ash pit, the ash-pan or receptacle, in the present instance, is in the specific form of a drawer-shaped receptacle embodying sides 2, connected byy means of a front2a,

`and provided at their rear ends with a hinged door or end gate 3. The rear ends of the sides 2 are preferably under-cut so that when the. door or gate 3 is closed the latter will have an inwardly inclined position, such arrangement of the door 3 causing the weight of the ashes or refuse material to press downwardly and outwardly against the free edge of the door and facilitate the opening of the latter.v rIhe free end of the door or gate 3 is preferably arranged to be closed at the bottom of the receptacle and to be locked and operated by the mechanism hereinafter referred to.

The gate or door member 3 is preferably hingedly connected to the upper rear edges of the side walls 2 by means of pivot or hinge members 3a, and the sides of the member 3 are preferably provided with overlapping side flanges 3b.

As a means of providing suitable ash receiving guides or deflectors beneath the grating when the ash-pan is inserted in proper position, as shown in Fig. 1, and also of providing hinged covers for the receptacle to close the latter upon the withdrawal and carrying out of the ashes, the upper edge-s of two of the wallsv of the receptacle, in the present instance the sides 2 thereof, are provided with hinged covers 4. The covers 4 are of such relative size and dimensions that when folded inwardly one edge 4a, will overlap the free edge of the other, as shown most clearly in Fig. 4 of the drawings, and when said covers are opened by the cover operating mechanism, such covers will extend upwardly and outwardly with the free edges resting against the adjacent sides of the ash pit la, as shown most cleariy in Fig. l of the drawings.

As a convenient means of operating the hinged members 4 and particularly as a means of causing the latter to always be opened as ash receiving delector members when the pan is inserted, and closing such members 4 as covers when the pan is removed through the door portion of the ash pit, a reciprocatory handle 5, is provided at the end adjacent the door leading to the ash pit, said handle 5 being mounted on a reciprocatory plunger 6, extending through one end of the pan or receptacle and guided in a cross member 2. The plunger 6 is provided with a cross bar or head 6a, having suitable eyes or openings 6b, to removably receive and contain suitable loops 7a, of operating links 7, the latter extending upwardly and outwardly and terminating in end loops 7b, connected to brackets 8, on the inner sides of the hinged members 4.

By reason of the arrangement and relative disposition of the parts, it will be obvious that when the plunger 6 is pushed inwardly through the medium of the handle 5 after the initial insertion of the pan in the ash pit l"L and in the act of pushing the handle and plunger in suiiiciently to clear the door leading to the ash pit that the hinged covers 4 will be moved upwardly and outwardly to the position shown in Fig. l, thereby forming ash receiving defiector members. When it is desired to remove the ashpan with its contents the handle 5 and plunger 6 will be pulled outwardly to the position shown in full lines in Fig. 2, thereby moving the members 4 inwardly forming covers to securely close the receptacle or pan.

As a means of conveniently opening one side or portion of the pan (in the present instance the end thereof) the hinged door or end gate 3 is provided, the latter being adapted to be operated independently of the hinged members 4, a suitable operating or latching device is provided. In the present instance said operating and latching device comprises a rock shaft or rod 9, secured to the bottom of the receptacle by means of keeper plate 10, said rod extending forwardly through a suitable opening in the front 2a of the ash-pan and terminating in an operating handle 9a. The rocker rod 9 is provided near the free inner side of the end gateV o-r door 3 with a latch member or bar 9" adapted, when moved to the right or in door engaging and locking position to enter a recess lla, of a latch or lock receiving bracket 1l and as a means of initially drawing the free end of the gate or door 3 toward its closed position and positively holding it in such position, the bracket 11 is provided with an inclined portion 11b, with which the latch member 9b, is adapted to cooperate in a well known and understood manner. As a means of not only unlocking the door or gate 3 but of positively opening the latter when the latch member 9b is moved in an opposite direction or in an open position, the bracket l1 is provided with an oppositely inclined member 11C, so that when the rocker bar or rod`9 is moved to an extreme position to the left through the medium of the handle 9a the member 9b will positively throw the door to an open position.

As a convenient means of hingedly securing the cover members 4 to the upper edges of the side walls 2, the latter may be provided with headings 2d, arranged at suitable intervals and adapted to receive hinge rods 2e, passing through suitable beaded hinge members 4b, on the hinged members 4.

As a further means of carrying the ashpan and its contents when the ash-pan is removed'from the ash pit, the intermediate portions of the side walls may be provided with the usual bail member 12, adapted to extend over the front end of the pan when the latter is inserted, as shown most clearly in Fig. l of the drawings.

Having thus described one of the embodiments of my invention, without having attempted to set forth all the forms in which it may be made, or all the modes of its use, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is,-

1. In an ash-pan, a hinged door provided at it-s free end with a latch receiving bracket, a rocker bar at the bottom of said pan terminating at one end in a handle and at the other in a latch member engaging said latch receiving bracket to close the door `when moved in one direction, said bracket including means cooperating with said latch member for positively opening the door by a reverse movement of said latch member through said ropker bar.

2. In an ash-pen, a, hinged door provided relation to said latch member for positively at its free end With en inclined latch receivopening said door by e reverse movement of 10 ing bracket, a rocker bar in said pan tersaid latching member by said rocker bar and minating et one end in e handle and et the handle. other in e latch member adapted to engage In testimony whereof I have affixed my said inclined latch receiving bracket when signature. moved in one direction by said rocker ber, 4' and means on seid bracket in cooperative GUSTAVE O. POPE. 

